Why can not create the share of root directory ?

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yxq

Hello
I want to create and delete the folder share, i found that it is ok for
generic folder, but it does not work for Root directory(i.e c:\, d:\)

The code
****************************************************
Dim mc As New ManagementClass("Win32_Share")
Dim mo As ManagementObject
Dim inParams As ManagementBaseObject
Dim outParams As ManagementBaseObject

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
inParams = mc.GetMethodParameters("Create")

inParams("Name") = "Temp"
inParams("Description") = "Share"
inParams("Path") = Text1.Text
inParams("Type") = 0

outParams = mc.InvokeMethod("Create", inParams, Nothing)

If Convert.ToInt32(outParams.Properties("ReturnValue").Value) = 0
Then
MessageBox.Show("Successfully")
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
For Each mo In mc.GetInstances()
If CType(mo("Path"), String) = Text1.Text Then
outParams = mo.InvokeMethod("Delete", Nothing, Nothing)

If
Convert.ToInt32(outParams.Properties("ReturnValue").Value) = 0 Then
MessageBox.Show("Deleted successfully")
End If

Exit For

End If
Next
End Sub
*****************************************************************

Parameters
Path
[in] Local path of the Windows share. For example, "C:\Program Files".
Name
[in] Passes the alias to a path set up as a share on a Windows system.
Example, "public".
Type
[in] Passes the type of resource being shared. Types includes disk drives,
print queues, interprocess communications (IPC), and general devices. Can be
one of the following values. Value Meaning
0
0x0 Disk Drive
1
0x1 Print Queue
2
0x2 Device
3
0x3 IPC
2147483648
0x80000000 Disk Drive Admin
2147483649
0x80000001 Print Queue Admin
2147483650
0x80000002 Device Admin
2147483651
0x80000003 IPC Admin

MaximumAllowed
[in] Limit on the maximum number of users allowed to concurrently use this
resource. Example: 10. This parameter is optional.
Description
[in] Optional comment to describe the resource being shared. This
parameter is optional.
Password
[in] Password (when the server is running with share-level security) for
the shared resource. If the server is running with user-level security, this
parameter is ignored. This parameter is optional.
Access
[in] Security descriptor for user level permissions. A security descriptor
contains information about the permissions, owner, and access capabilities
of the resource. For more information, see Win32_SecurityDescriptor.
Return Values
Returns one of the values in the following table or any other value to
indicate an error.

Return Code Description
0 Success
2 Access denied
8 Unknown failure
9 Invalid name
10 Invalid level
21 Invalid parameter
22 Duplicate share
23 Redirected path
24 Unknown device or directory
25 Net name not found
 
Perhaps because the root folders are typically already shared as hidden
admin shares (e.g. \\server\c$ )

What is the return code when it fails?

If Convert.ToInt32(outParams.Properties("ReturnValue").Value) = 0 Then
MessageBox.Show("Successfully")
Else

MessageBox.Show(Convert.ToInt32(outParams.Properties("ReturnValue").Value))
End If

yxq said:
Hello
I want to create and delete the folder share, i found that it is ok for
generic folder, but it does not work for Root directory(i.e c:\, d:\)

The code
****************************************************
Dim mc As New ManagementClass("Win32_Share")
Dim mo As ManagementObject
Dim inParams As ManagementBaseObject
Dim outParams As ManagementBaseObject

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
inParams = mc.GetMethodParameters("Create")

inParams("Name") = "Temp"
inParams("Description") = "Share"
inParams("Path") = Text1.Text
inParams("Type") = 0

outParams = mc.InvokeMethod("Create", inParams, Nothing)

If Convert.ToInt32(outParams.Properties("ReturnValue").Value) = 0
Then
MessageBox.Show("Successfully")
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
For Each mo In mc.GetInstances()
If CType(mo("Path"), String) = Text1.Text Then
outParams = mo.InvokeMethod("Delete", Nothing, Nothing)

If
Convert.ToInt32(outParams.Properties("ReturnValue").Value) = 0 Then
MessageBox.Show("Deleted successfully")
End If

Exit For

End If
Next
End Sub
*****************************************************************

Parameters
Path
[in] Local path of the Windows share. For example, "C:\Program Files".
Name
[in] Passes the alias to a path set up as a share on a Windows system.
Example, "public".
Type
[in] Passes the type of resource being shared. Types includes disk drives,
print queues, interprocess communications (IPC), and general devices. Can be
one of the following values. Value Meaning
0
0x0 Disk Drive
1
0x1 Print Queue
2
0x2 Device
3
0x3 IPC
2147483648
0x80000000 Disk Drive Admin
2147483649
0x80000001 Print Queue Admin
2147483650
0x80000002 Device Admin
2147483651
0x80000003 IPC Admin

MaximumAllowed
[in] Limit on the maximum number of users allowed to concurrently use this
resource. Example: 10. This parameter is optional.
Description
[in] Optional comment to describe the resource being shared. This
parameter is optional.
Password
[in] Password (when the server is running with share-level security) for
the shared resource. If the server is running with user-level security, this
parameter is ignored. This parameter is optional.
Access
[in] Security descriptor for user level permissions. A security descriptor
contains information about the permissions, owner, and access capabilities
of the resource. For more information, see Win32_SecurityDescriptor.
Return Values
Returns one of the values in the following table or any other value to
indicate an error.

Return Code Description
0 Success
2 Access denied
8 Unknown failure
9 Invalid name
10 Invalid level
21 Invalid parameter
22 Duplicate share
23 Redirected path
24 Unknown device or directory
25 Net name not found
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Hi yxq,

In a NT environment... NT4, 2000, 2003, XP, the root directories are shared
for administrative purposes as <driveletter>$, etc. You cannot remove, nor
change permissions, on these shares as they are managed by Windows itself.

You can, however, share the drive again as a different name, i.e. C$ points
to C:\ and Drive_C also points to C:\, then you can remove Drive_C, but you
cannot remove the Administrative shares.

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so all can benefit

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yxq said:
Hello
I want to create and delete the folder share, i found that it is ok for
generic folder, but it does not work for Root directory(i.e c:\, d:\)

The code
****************************************************
Dim mc As New ManagementClass("Win32_Share")
Dim mo As ManagementObject
Dim inParams As ManagementBaseObject
Dim outParams As ManagementBaseObject

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
inParams = mc.GetMethodParameters("Create")

inParams("Name") = "Temp"
inParams("Description") = "Share"
inParams("Path") = Text1.Text
inParams("Type") = 0

outParams = mc.InvokeMethod("Create", inParams, Nothing)

If Convert.ToInt32(outParams.Properties("ReturnValue").Value) = 0
Then
MessageBox.Show("Successfully")
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
For Each mo In mc.GetInstances()
If CType(mo("Path"), String) = Text1.Text Then
outParams = mo.InvokeMethod("Delete", Nothing, Nothing)

If
Convert.ToInt32(outParams.Properties("ReturnValue").Value) = 0 Then
MessageBox.Show("Deleted successfully")
End If

Exit For

End If
Next
End Sub
*****************************************************************

Parameters
Path
[in] Local path of the Windows share. For example, "C:\Program Files".
Name
[in] Passes the alias to a path set up as a share on a Windows system.
Example, "public".
Type
[in] Passes the type of resource being shared. Types includes disk drives,
print queues, interprocess communications (IPC), and general devices. Can be
one of the following values. Value Meaning
0
0x0 Disk Drive
1
0x1 Print Queue
2
0x2 Device
3
0x3 IPC
2147483648
0x80000000 Disk Drive Admin
2147483649
0x80000001 Print Queue Admin
2147483650
0x80000002 Device Admin
2147483651
0x80000003 IPC Admin

MaximumAllowed
[in] Limit on the maximum number of users allowed to concurrently use this
resource. Example: 10. This parameter is optional.
Description
[in] Optional comment to describe the resource being shared. This
parameter is optional.
Password
[in] Password (when the server is running with share-level security) for
the shared resource. If the server is running with user-level security, this
parameter is ignored. This parameter is optional.
Access
[in] Security descriptor for user level permissions. A security descriptor
contains information about the permissions, owner, and access capabilities
of the resource. For more information, see Win32_SecurityDescriptor.
Return Values
Returns one of the values in the following table or any other value to
indicate an error.

Return Code Description
0 Success
2 Access denied
8 Unknown failure
9 Invalid name
10 Invalid level
21 Invalid parameter
22 Duplicate share
23 Redirected path
24 Unknown device or directory
25 Net name not found
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